Find resilience through failure Stephen Newton, founder of Elixirr

Specialist insurer, Hiscox, has produced a series of 60 second lessons from industry experts called “Unskippable Minute”. In this one, Stephen Newton, Founder & CEO of ELIXRR, talks about how he believes that the resilience to follow through is critical. Real lessons in life come from trying something and not getting it right.

“Take failure in your stride – analyse it and learn from it.”
Stephen Newton
CEO, ELIXRR

When you are taking risks to grow your business, the one area you don’t want to take a risk is protection in case you inadvertently make a mistake.  Professional indemnity insurance can give you the reassurance that if, despite your best endeavours, something does go wrong you have the support behind you to put it right.

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